Police failings contributed to the murder of a mother and daughter shot dead by a puppy farmer, a inquest jury has ruled. Christine Lee, 66, and her daughter, Lucy Lee, 40, were killed by John Lowe, then 82, in Farnham in February 2014. The jury found that Christine and Lucy were unlawfully killed, and that their […]
In 2018 the GMC commissioned an independent review following the death of Jack Adcock and subsequent prosecution and conviction of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba for Gross Negligence Manslaughter. The review working group has now published its report, which can be read in full here. The proceedings that followed Dr Bawa-Garba’s conviction, as GMC CEO Charlie Massey […]
Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC began the inquest into the murders of Christine and Lucy Lee at Surrey Coroners Court yesterday. The mother and daughter were shot and killed by 82 year old John Lowe at his puppy farm in Farnham in 2014. Lowe was convicted of murder in 2014, jailed for life with a minimum of […]
2018 Coroners Statistics At the end of last week, the Ministry of Justice and the Office of National Statistics published the Annual Coroner statistics for 2018. The key findings were these: There was a 4% decrease in deaths reported to coroners in 2018 reflecting the removal of DoLS (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) cases being reported […]
Nikita McNeill is first junior counsel to the Anglican Church Investigation for The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), which published its report last week into the case studies of the Diocese of Chichester and Peter Ball which were heard last year. The Diocese of Chichester has seen more members of clergy convicted of […]